Bannon Arrested

[earthside]

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Source: AP - KWQC News

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say President Donald Trump’s ex-political adviser Steve Bannon was arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme.

Read more: https://www.kwqc.com/2020/08/20/former-trump-adviser-steve-bannon-arrested/

[Voltaire2]

1. We are going to need a special nazi jail

to hold the Trump Gang.

[SheltieLover]

9. Alcatraz?

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Build the Jail!!

Start a fundraiser. Quick!

[2naSalit]

15. GITMO has a lot of room. ...nt

[woodsprite]

20. Guantanamo? Or I like Alcatraz as well.

Trumplethinskin hates sharks!

[efhmc]

2. They are all crooks.

[UpInArms]

3. Music to my ears

My all these lowlife grifters spend the rest of their lives in shackles on 10 thread count sheets

[Cracklin Charlie]

12. 10?

Wow, that’s harsh.

But, seriously, does Bannon really even need sheets? Sounds elitist.

[klook]

28. Bannon sleeps in the bathtub.

The foul ichor he excretes etches the tub like some kind of mysterious acid.

[UpInArms]

33. We all know (from the visuals)

That he does not shower ... so he won’t miss having that facility.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Nanny State guy caught being a Nanny Grifter

Oh my, that will sting!

[George II]

5. I've used this term three times this week - "quelle surprise".

[Siwsan]

11. I just used the same on, about the same thing, on a FaceBook post

[Gothmog]

6. So Bannon is not going to speak at the RNC next week?

Link to tweet

[George II]

17. If he was planning on speaking remotely, he still can from his jail cell, in prison orange....

....to honor is former boss, trump.

[Eyeball_Kid]

24. Bannon can speak remotely and in coded language, send a question to Alexandre Dugin:

What went wrong?

Poor boy. He should have stayed in the porn business. ETTD.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. only the best deplorables

[Ohiogal]

23. LOL

I guess they still have Smirky Boy, Chachi, and My Pillow guy

And MyPillow guy is skating on thin ice since he announced his Covid-19 miracle cure.

They could ask Sarah Palin to speak, as long as she doesn’t consider it “prostituting herself” ....

What a sorry group of criminals, dumbasses,, and losers they are!

[George II]

8. It's on NBC New York news now:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/former-trump-campaign-manager-steve-bannon-indicted-for-fraud-in-ny/2576990/

Former Trump campaign manager and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was indicted in New York on fraud charges related to a fundraising campaign to build a border wall, federal prosecutors said.

Bannon is among four people indicted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to the online "We Build the Wall" campaign.

Manhattan federal prosecutors allege that Bannon, campaign leader Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea "received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donor funds from We Build the Wall, which they each used in a manner inconsistent with the organization’s public representations."

"We Build the Wall" began as a GoFundMe campaign in late 2018, designed to raise money directly from the public to build a border wall in the face of Congressional opposition.

[dalton99a]

13. More!

[turbinetree]

22. This...........

[marble falls]

14. The guy owns the rights to Seinfeld syndication. How much more money could he need???

[SheltieLover]

16. I can only hope chump is next!

[2naSalit]

18. About F'ing time!!

Geeze!

[Princess Turandot]

19. Link to the SDNY's press release and the indictment:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/leaders-we-build-wall-online-fundraising-campaign-charged-defrauding-hundreds-thousands

...According to the Indictment[1] unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:

Starting in approximately December 2018, BRIAN KOLFAGE, STEPHEN BANNON, ANDREW BADOLATO, and TIMOTHY SHEA, and others, orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors, including donors in the Southern District of New York, in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign ultimately known as “We Build The Wall” that raised more than $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. In particular, to induce donors to donate to the campaign, KOLFAGE repeatedly and falsely assured the public that he would “not take a penny in salary or compensation” and that “100% of the funds raised . . . will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose” because, as BANNON publicly stated, “we’re a volunteer organization.”

Those representations were false. In truth, KOLFAGE, BANNON, BADOLATO, and SHEA received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donor funds from We Build the Wall, which they each used in a manner inconsistent with the organization’s public representations. In particular, KOLFAGE covertly took for his personal use more than $350,000 in funds that donors had given to We Build the Wall, while BANNON, through a non-profit organization under his control (“Non-Profit-1”), received over $1 million from We Build the Wall, at least some of which BANNON used to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in BANNON’s personal expenses. To conceal the payments to KOLFAGE from We Build the Wall, KOLFAGE, BANNON, BADOLATO, and SHEA devised a scheme to route those payments from We Build the Wall to KOLFAGE indirectly through Non-Profit-1 and a shell company under SHEA’s control, among other avenues. They did so by using fake invoices and sham “vendor” arrangements, among other ways, to ensure, as KOLFAGE noted in a text message to BADOLATO, that his pay arrangement remained “confidential” and kept on a “need to know” basis.

PDF:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1306611/download

[turbinetree]

21. Well does anyone have a mug shot, with him wearing flip flops and orange suit

......

[bluedigger]

35. And how many orange suits will they let him wear at once?

[Fla Dem]

25. The whole Trump MOB is nothing but scammers, grifters, cheats and criminals.

[Arkansas Granny]

26. Yeehaw!!! Waiting for the twitter outburst.

[Lonestarblue]

27. This story just lifted my spirits and made me smile!

What good news to start the day.

[fleur-de-lisa]

29. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

[C_U_L8R]

30. It's even better than that

Bannon was investigated and arrested by United States Postal Service inspectors.

Nobody fucks with our USPS !

[IronLionZion]

31. Idiots actually donated to his wall building scheme!

These grifters are shameless. Maybe one day we'll see similar headlines about donations to Trump's campaign.

[PatSeg]

32. Just when you think this week couldn't get any better!

[bluedigger]

34. "Steve Bannon Finally Gets His Walls"

Headline from Gizmodo - https://gizmodo.com/steve-bannon-arrested-in-25-million-border-wall-gofund-1844786925

[Baclava]

36. The noose is tightening, The Orange Mussolini is sweating, the crowds in the square are hammering

[Penn Voter]

37. The Law and Order

Administration! LOL!!

[earthside]

38. The predictable Trump response.

I am walking around the house laughing to myself ... because Trump is so predictable.

We will hear some version of: 'Steve, who?' 'He hasn't worked here in years.' 'I barely knew him.'

And finally probably later today ... 'Hey, look over there at that! Isn't that the shiniest thing you have ever seen?'

[keithbvadu2]

39. Surprised to not see super-Christian Erik Prince in there.

Surprised to not see super-Christian Erik Prince in there.

[Omaha Steve]

40. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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